What are you using to print film/positives?

[Gilligan]

How much is paper vs film?

Ink is pretty cheap though.

[beanie357]

We have a4900 and a 78 sum thing we just got new.
Cobra carts and ink, Accurip.
If art is good, great screens.

[Itsa Little CrOoked]

Epson 1400 and Cobra Dye based Black. Refillable carts from Cobra. All black. Accurip using an all black setting on Fixxons water resistant (not!) 13x19 films.

I purchased a 4800 off of Craigslist but it still is awaiting its installation...partly because I'm still MAD about the Ridiculous UPS shipping fee, and partly because my 1400 is so darned reliable I just haven't seen the need.

I have an 1100 too, and it has been excellent up until recently. The dripping Kevin referred to has been happening to me also. It gets Cobra inks but it hasn't printed a film in a long while. It prints 4 color pigment ink, and was retired to the office when I started with 1400's and dye based inks for films. I was told that dye based black had a higher D-Max and the 1000 has had pigment ink since day 1.

For the 1400 dripping proplem, l fold a couple or 3 layers of Bounty paper towels,  and lay it down under the printhead and slide the printhead back and forth on top of the paper. It's a little awkward to start, but it works for a few days or weeks. Once in place you can lightly dampen the towel with yiur prefeered cleaning solvent for whichever inks you use. I use Greased Lightening from Ace Hardware.

[Fluid]

200 foot rolls are roughly $400 depending on who you get it from.

Richard Reilly - Fluid

[Fluid]

Another good thing is you can replace a film from a previous job months later and it lines up perfectly.    The bad thing is the film is heat sensitive and leacing in your car, near a flash, etx. Will black out the entire film.  Other than that the best there is aside from dts.   Plus it prints about 6 times faster than a epson.

Richard Reilly - Fluid

[Gilligan]

That's a hard sell... I love the idea, just can't see the numbers.

[Fluid]

Agree. I use one as I have been offering film outout since day one and give the best I can give. Just like when I had my shop, used the best equipment, inks and consumables.  Cheap in usually.means cheap out. Not all instances uet many.  The epsons are great and do the job. Use what best fits your budget and needs.

Richard Reilly - Fluid

[Frog]

Another good thing is you can replace a film from a previous job months later and it lines up perfectly.    The bad thing is the film is heat sensitive and leacing in your car, near a flash, etx. Will black out the entire film.  Other than that the best there is aside from dts.   Plus it prints about 6 times faster than a epson.

Richard Reilly - Fluid

Speaking of films lining up. My cheap 1100 blows my mind that as long as adjusted properly, it is amazingly accurate for lining up on a second trip through.
Here's an image, the black plate, I output, and then noticed that the lines on the rings were too wimpy.
I was able to go back and add these two 1.25 pt. lines and they were dead on! In this example, I have removed the left hand one, but you can see the right.

[Gilligan]

For those of you with WF1100's and no problems.

Do you guys power off your machines (with the button) from time to time?

[Frog]

Hardly ever off in a few years.

[Denis Kolar]

Mine is on all the time. Sometimes not used for a week or two. No issues.

BTW, I use Fixxons all the time for film. (I do not know if I answered that on this thread)

[Gilligan]

Ross with inkjetcarts.us says you should turn it off from time to time, like over the weekend for optimal performance.  Caps the heads better or something.

[tonyt79]

For those of you with WF1100's and no problems.

Do you guys power off your machines (with the button) from time to time?

Never turn it off

[Itsa Little CrOoked]

I turn lots of people off. But never my 1100. I was told not to.

Of course, I am one of THOSE people who have trouble with dripping.